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I have a question concerning the eccentricity vs orbital period of observed exoplanets. Going to this link let's you plot different exoplanet properties on each axis of a graph. Plugging in Orbital Period for the X-axis and Eccentricity for the Y-axis shows that a trend towards decreasing eccentricity with shorter orbital periods. I'd just like to know why exoplanets (and other objects I suppose) have less chance of having a highly eccentric orbit when their orbital periods are very short.
Thanks.
By the way, the link above (http://exoplanets.org/plots) takes you to a super-cool database where you can plot any of a few dozen exoplanet properties and compare them. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in super-cool things. Especially that Phinds guy. Go! Plot things! Be super-cool like this guy is--->
Thanks.
By the way, the link above (http://exoplanets.org/plots) takes you to a super-cool database where you can plot any of a few dozen exoplanet properties and compare them. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in super-cool things. Especially that Phinds guy. Go! Plot things! Be super-cool like this guy is--->